Career
Breton moved to Canada at the age of 20. Breton ran for a seat in the 1926 Alberta general election as a United Farmers candidate in the electoral district of Leduc. A year after being elected to office the town of Keystone, Alberta was changed to Breton, Alberta in 1927 in his honor.
Breton ran for a second term in office in the 1930 Alberta general election.
He was defeated in a close two way race losing by just 60 votes to Liberal candidate Arthur Mitchell.